Senior charged for indecent exposure in Madison Heights

MADISON HEIGHTS – A senior citizen is accused of indecent exposure after police said they saw him sitting in his car outside an auto parts store drinking a beer and looking at porno magazines with his penis exposed.

Pasquale Perri, 68, of Sterling Heights is free on $1,000 bond following his arraignment Tuesday in Madison Heights 43rd District Court.

A man who works at Advance Auto Parts, 27100 John R, called police about 4:45 p.m. Monday to report a man sitting in a red Ford Fusion looking at adult magazines.

“Several customers had complained the suspect was looking at the magazines at eye level and the pictures were visible,” said Madison Heights Police Lt. Robert Anderson.

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The employee told police he had seen the man sitting in the parking lot on a regular basis over the past few months.

“He would show up and stay about 30 minutes each time,” Anderson said.

The employee went outside to investigate and reported the suspect was looking at photos in porno magazines that were visible from 15 feet away.

The employee gave police a description of the suspect’s vehicle and the license plate number when he called them.

An officer showed up and said Perri threw plastic wrappers from several magazines out the window as the officer watched him.

“The officer stepped closer and saw Perri with a pornographic magazine with a picture of a nude female,” Anderson said. “The officer also saw Perri’s penis was protruding from his pants and he had a tissue in his right hand.”

The suspect had an open bottle of Bud Light in the car, police said.

Police arrested Perri and confiscated six adult magazines and the bottle of beer.

The indecent exposure charge against Perri is a 90-day misdemeanor. He is also charged with misdemeanor counts of trespassing, loitering, littering and having open intoxicants.

Perri is scheduled for a pretrial hearing at 8 a.m. Feb 12 in Madison Heights District Court.